A methodology to investigate university building condition for life cycle cost of maintenance

Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi and Mohamed Yunus, Mohd Yusri and Hashim, Khairusy Syakirin Has-Yun and Sapian, Abdul Razak and Haron, Ahmad Tarmizi (2025) A methodology to investigate university building condition for life cycle cost of maintenance. Journal of Architecture, Planning and Construction Management (JAPCM), 15 (1). pp. 152-164. ISSN 2231-9514 E-ISSN 2462-2222

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Abstract

Education buildings are important assets in the universities that are purposely built to provide a conducive and secure environment to the staff and students in facilitating them to execute teaching, learning and academic programmes, research, consultancies, and administrative activities for the development of knowledge, skills, culture, and personality. Nonetheless, in the face of multiple effects of inflation on the economy, the maintenance work for the facilities in university education buildings has become very complex and a thorny issue. There has been a demand to re-examine and improve the practice of university building maintenance methodology by emphasising the optimisation of maintenance life cycle cost to facilitate the university agencies in measuring their longterm financial capability to pay maintenance costs based on the efficient use of capital and resources throughout the service life. This paper is prepared to present the methodology to investigate the university building maintenance condition and operational performance as inputs for developing a life cycle cost of maintenance database prototype. The methods designed for the study are a qualitative research strategy incorporating three fieldwork approaches, i.e., the semistructured interview, building condition assessment (BCA), and quick response codes (QR) approaches. The methodology is proposed to investigate the operational performance and maintenance condition of teaching and learning facilities in the chosen university building case study to produce outputs for the development of prototype of life cycle cost database requirements of university building, which would add value to the core services of the university and in line with the key drivers of Malaysian Science, Technology, Innovation, and Economy (MySTIE) framework.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6985/121939
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Methodology, University Building, Maintenance, Life Cycle Cost
Subjects:	BPC Science and Technology in Islam > BPC175 Islam and engineering. Sustainable engineering. Sustainable building BPH Islamic Economics N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA4100 Special classes of buildings > NA4170 Public buildings N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA4100 Special classes of buildings > NA6600 Education buildings T Technology > TH Building construction > TH1000 Systems of building construction T Technology > TX Home economics T Technology > TX Home economics > TX955 Building operation and maintenance
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Quantity Surveying Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design
Depositing User:	IR. DR. MOHD FAIRULLAZI AYOB
Date Deposited:	07 Jul 2025 10:29
Last Modified:	07 Jul 2025 10:29
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/121939

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